U.S. patent application number 13/888391 was filed with the patent office on 2014-10-02 for tape connecting apparatus.
This patent application is currently assigned to Wistron Coporation. The applicant listed for this patent is WISTRON CORPORATION. Invention is credited to Jay Cheng, Linsen Kong.
Application Number | 20140290046 13/888391 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 51592309 |
Filed Date | 2014-10-02 |
United States Patent
Application |
20140290046 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Cheng; Jay ; et al. |
October 2, 2014 |
TAPE CONNECTING APPARATUS
Abstract
A tape connecting apparatus for connecting a brass buckle to
remaining and unused tapes, includes a support base, a platform, a
support pillar, and a clamp device including a tape connecting base
and a tape connecting clamp. The platform is disposed on the
support base. The support pillar rotatably stands on the platform.
The tape connecting base is detachably disposed at a top end of the
support pillar. The tape connecting clamp has upper and lower
handles respectively pivoted to the tape connecting base. The upper
handle has a clamp head and is pivoted to the lower handle. When
the brass buckle, the remaining tape and the unused tape are
positioned on the tape connecting base, the upper and lower handles
are rotated relatively to drive the clamp head to press the brass
buckle, so that the unused tape could be connected to the remaining
tape via the brass buckle.
Inventors: |
Cheng; Jay; (New Taipei
City, TW) ; Kong; Linsen; (New Taipei City,
TW) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
WISTRON CORPORATION |
New Taipei City |
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TW |
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Assignee: |
Wistron Coporation
New Taipei City
TW
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Family ID: |
51592309 |
Appl. No.: |
13/888391 |
Filed: |
May 7, 2013 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
29/700 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B65H 21/00 20130101;
B65H 2301/4632 20130101; B65H 2301/4622 20130101; Y10T 29/53
20150115; B65H 2301/4641 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
29/700 |
International
Class: |
B65H 21/00 20060101
B65H021/00 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Mar 29, 2013 |
CN |
201310109027.X |
Claims
1. A tape connecting apparatus for connecting a brass buckle to a
remaining tape and an unused tape, the tape connecting apparatus
comprising: a support base; a platform disposed on the support
base; a support pillar rotatably standing on the platform; and a
clamp device comprising: a tape connecting base detachably disposed
at a top end of the support pillar; and a tape connecting clamp
having an upper handle and a lower handle respectively pivoted to
the tape connecting base, the upper handle having a clamp head and
being pivoted to the lower handle, the upper and lower handles
rotating relatively to drive the clamp head to press the brass
buckle when the brass buckle, the remaining tape and the unused
tape are positioned on the tape connecting base, so that the unused
tape could be connected to the remaining tape via the brass
buckle.
2. The tape connecting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the tape
connecting base has a buckle fixing pillar for penetrating through
the brass buckle so as to position the brass buckle on the tape
connecting base.
3. The tape connecting apparatus of claim 2, wherein the tape
connecting base further has a first rotatable pillar and a second
rotatable pillar for respectively fixing the remaining tape and the
unused tape on the tape connecting base when rotating to a fixing
position and for respectively separating from the remaining tape
and the unused tape when rotating to a releasing position.
4. The tape connecting apparatus of claim 1, wherein a reel hook is
formed at a side of the platform for hanging a tape reel wrapped
with the unused tape.
5. The tape connecting apparatus of claim 4, wherein the platform
has at least one tape placing groove.
6. The tape connecting apparatus of claim 5, wherein the platform
further has a buckle pacing groove.
7. The tape connecting apparatus of claim 6, wherein the platform
further has at least one auxiliary tool placing groove.
8. The tape connecting apparatus of claim 7, wherein the platform
further has at least one computer related object placing
groove.
9. The tape connecting apparatus of claim 8, wherein at least one
heat dissipating hole is formed at a side of the computer related
object placing groove.
10. The tape connecting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the support
base comprises: a chassis; and at least one telescopic rod
connected to the platform and the chassis for adjusting a height of
the platform relative to the chassis.
11. The tape connecting apparatus of claim 10, wherein the support
base further comprises: a plurality of wheels disposed under the
chassis.
12. The tape connecting apparatus of claim 10, wherein the chassis
has an empty reel placing rod.
13. The tape connecting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the platform
has at least one tape placing groove.
14. The tape connecting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the platform
further has a buckle pacing groove.
15. The tape connecting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the platform
further has at least one auxiliary tool placing groove.
16. The tape connecting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the platform
further has at least one computer related object placing
groove.
17. The tape connecting apparatus of claim 16, wherein at least one
heat dissipating hole is formed at a side of the computer related
object placing groove.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a tape connecting
apparatus, and more specifically, to a tape connecting apparatus of
disposing a clamp device on a platform via a support pillar.
[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art
[0004] In general, a conventional tape supplement design applied to
the surface mounting technology involves utilizing a tape
connecting clamp to connect a remaining tape to an unused tape.
However, since related objects for tape connection (e.g. a
radio-frequency data recess device, brass buckles, and a scissor)
are placed dispersedly, it is inconvenient for an operator to take
the aforesaid related objects quickly, so as to cause the operator
much inconvenience in tape connection and the problem that these
dispersedly-placed objects may be damaged easily during the tape
connection process.
[0005] Furthermore, since there is no support platform for placing
the tape connecting clamp, the remaining tape, and the unused tape,
the operator needs to take all of them on his hand while utilizing
the tape connecting clamp to connect the remaining tape to the
unused tape. Thus, the problem that the remaining tape could be
connected to the unused tape in a loose manner may occur so as to
influence the connection quality and efficiency of the remaining
tape and the unused tape.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] An objective of the present invention is to provide a tape
connecting apparatus of disposing a clamp device on a platform via
a support pillar to solve the aforesaid problems.
[0007] The present invention provides a tape connecting apparatus
for connecting a brass buckle to a remaining tape and an unused
tape. The tape connecting apparatus includes a support base, a
platform, a support pillar, and a clamp device. The platform is
disposed on the support base. The support pillar rotatably stands
on the platform. The clamp device includes a tape connecting base
and a tape connecting clamp. The tape connecting base is detachably
disposed at a top end of the support pillar. The tape connecting
clamp has an upper handle and a lower handle respectively pivoted
to the tape connecting base. The upper handle has a clamp head and
is pivoted to the lower handle. The upper and lower handles rotates
relatively to drive the clamp head to press the brass buckle when
the brass buckle, the remaining tape and the unused tape are
positioned on the tape connecting base, so that the unused tape
could be connected to the remaining tape via the brass buckle.
[0008] According to the claimed invention, the tape connecting base
has a buckle fixing pillar for penetrating through the brass buckle
so as to position the brass buckle on the tape connecting base.
[0009] According to the claimed invention, the tape connecting base
further has a first rotatable pillar and a second rotatable pillar
for respectively fixing the remaining tape and the unused tape on
the tape connecting base when rotating to a fixing position and for
respectively separating from the remaining tape and the unused tape
when rotating to a releasing position.
[0010] According to the claimed invention, a reel hook is formed at
a side of the platform for hanging a tape reel wrapped with the
unused tape.
[0011] According to the claimed invention, the platform has at
least one tape placing groove.
[0012] According to the claimed invention, the platform further has
a buckle pacing groove.
[0013] According to the claimed invention, the platform further has
at least one auxiliary tool placing groove.
[0014] According to the claimed invention, the platform further has
at least one computer related object placing groove.
[0015] According to the claimed invention, at least one heat
dissipating hole is formed at a side of the computer related object
placing groove.
[0016] According to the claimed invention, the support base
includes a chassis and at least one telescopic rod. The telescopic
rod is connected to the platform and the chassis for adjusting a
height of the platform relative to the chassis.
[0017] According to the claimed invention, the support base further
includes a plurality of wheels disposed under the chassis.
[0018] According to the claimed invention, the chassis has an empty
reel placing rod.
[0019] In summary, the present invention adopts the design that the
support pillar stands on the platform and the clamp device is
disposed on the support pillar, to make the tape connecting
apparatus capable of providing a steady support platform for the
operator to perform the tape connecting operation smoothly and
quickly. In such a manner, since the operator does not need to take
the tape connecting clamp, the unused tape, and the remaining tape
on his hand any more, the tape connecting apparatus provided by the
present invention could efficiently enhance the connection quality
and efficiency of the remaining tape and the unused tape, so as to
solve the prior art problem that the remaining tape is connected to
the unused tape in a loose manner. Furthermore, compared with the
prior art placing the related objects for tape connection (e.g.
tapes, a radio-frequency data recess device, brass buckles, and a
scissor) dispersedly, the present invention adopts the design that
the clamp device and the platform are disposed on the support base
and the platform has the corresponding grooves formed thereon for
placing the aforesaid related objects. Accordingly, the operator
could take the aforesaid objects conveniently and quickly while
utilizing the clamp device to perform the tape connection process,
so as to improve operational convenience of the tape connecting
apparatus and solve the prior art problem that the
dispersedly-placed objects may be damaged easily during the tape
connection process.
[0020] These and other objectives of the present invention will no
doubt become obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after
reading the following detailed description of the preferred
embodiment that is illustrated in the various figures and
drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0021] FIG. 1 is a diagram of a tape connecting apparatus according
to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0022] FIG. 2 is a partial enlarged diagram of a clamp device in
FIG. 1.
[0023] FIG. 3 is a diagram of a brass buckle being placed on a tape
connecting base in FIG. 2.
[0024] FIG. 4 is a diagram of an unused tape and a remaining tape
being placed on the tape connecting base in FIG. 3.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0025] Please refer to FIG. 1, which is a diagram of a tape
connecting apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present
invention. The tape connecting apparatus 10 is used for connecting
a brass buckle to a remaining tape and an unused tape. As shown in
FIG. 1, the tape connecting apparatus 10 includes a clamp device
12, a support pillar 14, a support base 16, and a platform 18.
[0026] The designs of the clamp device 12 and the support pillar 14
are described first as follows. Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2.
FIG. 2 is a partial enlarged diagram of the clamp device 12 in FIG.
1. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the clamp device 12 includes a
tape connecting clamp 20 and a tape connecting base 22. The tape
connecting clamp 20 has an upper handle 24 and a lower handle 26
respectively pivoted to the tape connecting base 22. The upper
handle 24 could have a clamp head 28 and is pivoted to the lower
handle 26, so that an operator could hold the upper handle 24 and
the lower handle 26 towards each other to move the clamp head 28
downward to perform a buckle pressing operation cooperatively with
the tape connecting base 22. As for description for the other
mechanical designs of the tape connecting clamp 20, it is commonly
seen in the prior art and therefore omitted herein. The tape
connecting base 22 is detachably disposed on a top end P of the
support pillar 14 and the support pillar 14 rotatably stands on the
platform 18, so that the clamp device 12 could take the support
pillar 14 as a rotating shaft to rotate relative to the platform
18. In such a manner, it is convenient for the operator to rotate
the clamp device 12 to an appropriate angle where the operator
could perform the tape connecting operation conveniently.
[0027] Furthermore, in this embodiment, the tape connecting base 22
could have at least one buckle fixing pillar 30 (two shown in FIG.
2, but not limited thereto). The buckle fixing pillar 30 is used
for penetrating through a brass buckle and then positioning the
brass buckle on the tape connecting base 22. Furthermore, the tape
connecting base 22 could further have a first rotatable pillar 32
and a second rotatable pillar 34. The first rotatable pillar 32 and
the second rotatable pillar 34 could respectively fix a remaining
tape and an unused tape on the tape connecting base 22, or rotate
to be separate from the remaining tape and the unused tape
respectively so that the operator could remove the remaining tape
and the unused tape from the tape connecting base 22 easily.
[0028] The design of the support base 16 could be as shown in FIG.
1. In this embodiment, the support base 16 could include a chassis
36, at least one telescopic rod 38 (two shown in FIG. 1, but not
limited thereto), and a plurality of wheels 40. The telescopic rod
38 is connected to the platform 18 and the chassis 36 for adjusting
a height of the platform 18 relative to the chassis 36. The
plurality of wheel 40 is disposed under the chassis 36 so that the
operator could push the tape connecting apparatus 10 to go forward
or backward in any direction to a position where the operator could
perform the tape connecting operation conveniently. Accordingly,
operational mobility of the tape connecting apparatus 10 could be
further improved. Furthermore, for improving operational
convenience of the tape connecting apparatus 10, in this
embodiment, the chassis 36 could have an empty reel placing rod 42
for placing at least one empty reel.
[0029] The design of the platform 18 is as shown in FIG. 1. In this
embodiment, a reel hook 44 is formed at a side of the platform 18.
The reel hook 44 is used for hanging a reel wrapped with an unused
tape. Furthermore, in this embodiment, the platform 18 could have
two tape placing grooves 46 (but not limited thereto), a buckle
placing groove 48, at least one auxiliary tool placing groove 50
(one shown in FIG. 1, but not limited thereto), and a computer
related object placing groove 52. The two tape placing grooves 46
are used for placing tapes with different sizes, such as 8 mm tape
and 16 mm tape, and the buckle placing groove 48 is used for
placing brass buckles for tape connection. Accordingly, the
operator could take the tapes and the brass buckles conveniently
and quickly during the operator utilizes the clamp device 12 to
perform the tape connection process. The auxiliary tool placing
groove 50 is used for placing conventional auxiliary tools for tape
connection, such as a scissor and a radio-frequency data recess
device. The computer related object placing groove 52 is used for
placing computer related objects for tape connection, such as a
display monitor and a notebook for monitoring the tape use
condition. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, at least one
heat dissipating hole 54 (three shown in FIG. 1, but not limited
thereto) is formed at a side of the computer related object placing
groove 52 for heat dissipation. To be noted, the groove design of
the platform 18 is not limited to the aforesaid embodiment, meaning
that it may vary with the amount and type of objects needed for
tape connection. For example, the platform 18 could further have a
mouse placing groove 56 for directly placing a mouse to operate the
aforesaid notebook on the platform 18.
[0030] More detailed description for the tape connecting operation
of the tape connecting apparatus 10 is provided as follows. Please
refer to FIG. 2, FIG. 3, and FIG. 4. FIG. 3 is a diagram of a brass
buckle 58 being placed on the tape connecting base 22 in FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 is a diagram of an unused tape 60 and a remaining tape 62
being placed on the tape connecting base 22 in FIG. 3. First, an
operator could put the brass buckle 58, which is depicted briefly
by dotted lines in FIG. 3, on the buckle fixing pillar 30 of the
tape connecting base 22. The brass buckle 58 adopts a conventional
buckle design for tape connection. For example, in this embodiment,
the brass buckle 58 could preferably have a tooth structure (not
shown in FIG. 3) formed thereon for piecing into tapes positioned
on the tape connecting base 22. The related structural design for
the brass buckle 58 is commonly seen in the prior art, and its
description is therefore omitted herein.
[0031] After the brass buckle 58 is positioned on the tape
connecting base 22 (as shown in FIG. 3), the operator could fold
the connecting head of the unused tape 60 and the connecting head
of the remaining tape 62 on the brass buckle 58 sequentially, and
then rotate the first rotatable pillar 32 and the second rotatable
pillar 34 from a releasing position as shown in FIG. 3 to a fixing
position as shown in FIG. 4 so as to fix the unused tape 60 and the
remaining tape 62 on the tape connecting base 22 (as shown in FIG.
4).
[0032] Subsequently, the operator could hold the upper handle 24 of
the lower handle 26 towards each other to make the upper handle 24
and the lower handle 26 rotate relatively to move the clamp head 28
downward to press the brass buckle 58, the unused tape 60, and the
remaining tape 62 positioned on the tape connecting base 22
cooperatively with the tape connecting base 22. During the
aforesaid process, the tooth structure of the brass buckle 58 could
be driven by the pressing force provided by the clamp head 28 and
the tape connecting base 22, to piece into the unused tape 60 and
the remaining tape 62. In such a manner, the unused tape 60 could
be connected to the remaining tape 62 via the brass buckle 58 so as
to complete the tape connecting operation of the tape connecting
apparatus 10. To be noted, during the aforesaid process, via the
design that the support pillar 14 stands on the platform 18 and the
tape connecting base 22 is disposed on the support pillar 14, the
tape connecting apparatus 10 could provide a steady support
platform for the operator to utilize the clamp device 12 to clamp
the brass buckle 58, the unused tape 60 and the remaining tape 62
tightly. Accordingly, the connection quality and efficiency of the
unused tape 60 and the remaining tape 62 could be improved, so as
to solve the prior art problem that the remaining tape is connected
to the unused tape in a loose manner.
[0033] Finally, the operator just needs to rotate the first
rotatable pillar 32 and the second rotatable pillar 34 from the
fixing position as shown in FIG. 4 to the releasing position as
shown in FIG. 3. Accordingly, the operator could remove the unused
tape 60 and the remaining tape 62 connected by the brass buckle 58
from the tape connecting base 22 conveniently, and then utilize the
unused tape 60 with the remaining tape 62 to perform the subsequent
tape supplement operation. As for the subsequent tape supplement
operation, such as sticking adhesives on the unused tape 60,
winding the unused tape 60 with the remaining tape 62 around a tape
reel, and then placing the tape reel on a tape feeder, its related
description is commonly seen in the prior art and therefore omitted
herein.
[0034] In summary, the present invention adopts the design that the
support pillar stands on the platform and the clamp device is
disposed on the support pillar, to make the tape connecting
apparatus capable of providing a steady support platform for the
operator to perform the tape connecting operation smoothly and
quickly. In such a manner, since the operator does not need to take
the tape connecting clamp, the unused tape, and the remaining tape
on his hand any more, the tape connecting apparatus provided by the
present invention could efficiently enhance the connection quality
and efficiency of the remaining tape and the unused tape, so as to
solve the prior art problem that the remaining tape is connected to
the unused tape in a loose manner. Furthermore, compared with the
prior art placing the related objects for tape connection (e.g.
tapes, a radio-frequency data recess device, brass buckles, and a
scissor) dispersedly, the present invention adopts the design that
the clamp device and the platform are disposed on the support base
and the platform has the corresponding grooves formed thereon for
placing the aforesaid related objects. Accordingly, the operator
could take the aforesaid objects conveniently and quickly while
utilizing the clamp device to perform the tape connection process,
so as to improve operational convenience of the tape connecting
apparatus and solve the prior art problem that the
dispersedly-placed objects may be damaged easily during the tape
connection process.
[0035] Those skilled in the art will readily observe that numerous
modifications and alterations of the device and method may be made
while retaining the teachings of the invention. Accordingly, the
above disclosure should be construed as limited only by the metes
and bounds of the appended claims.
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